OCRS Early Music Newsletter

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1 OCRS Early Music Newsletter January Volume XXXVII No. 5 In this issue: Reminder of voting...2 President s letter...2 Music, refreshments, prelude calendar...4 Announcements...5 Concerts...6 Workshops...9 Lessons...9 Directions to meeting...10 Officers...11 (page 11 not on Web site) Our next meeting is Friday, January 14, 2011 Prelude 7:20 p.m. Meeting 7:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Church 2400 Canal Street in Orange, California Adam Gilbert to Conduct e are happy to welcome back Adam Gilbert as our January conductor. Adam Gilbert is director of the Early Music Program at the University of Southern California s Thornton School of Music. He teaches music history, performs on recorder and historical double reeds, and is one of the premiere international players of the Renaissance shawm. He has performed as a member of early music ensembles throughout the world and is also a founding member of the ensemble Ciaramella, which performs concerts of fifteenth-century music and has recorded on the Naxos label. His research specialties include allusion in fifteenth-century song and Mass, pastourelles and their symbolism, improvisation, compositional processes, and embellishment from 1400 to Adam won the prestigious Noah Greenberg Award in 2008 for his proposed book and multimedia resource on fifteenth-century counterpoint and improvisation. Music will be available at and at the meeting. Adam Gilbert The prelude will be presented by Andy Dykes, Susan Mason, and Steve Myer. Orange County Recorder Society Newsletter Page 1

2 Reminder of Voting by Members At the January 2011 Meeting As previously announced, at the January meeting the members will be voting on approval of Articles of Association and amended and restated Bylaws for OCRS. These proposed documents are available for review at the OCRS website, Please plan to attend the January meeting so that a quorum of members will be present. Susan Mason, Treasurer President s Letter Don t know about you folks, but I think this season had started very well, indeed! The conductors have been well prepared and have brought us some really fine music! Too, we have learned a bit more about them and their commitment to music. We start off the new year with Adam Gilbert. I m looking forward to his session. Don t forget our workshop in March with Lysette Kielson, a mage from the East. I've heard nothing but good things about her. She will conduct us Friday night, conduct the workshop on Saturday and perform a concert that evening, then maybe private lessons on Sunday. We have six more months of playing together and I m certain that we will have entertaining and challenging music to play. Too, we have six more months to meet, maybe firm up some friendships, eat great goodies, and do what we all enjoy...playing a recorder! Happy New Year, one and all! Your co president, Jo Redmon Orange County Recorder Society Newsletter Page 2

3 Music Music is no longer being ed because it was a burden for some members boxes. Please go to the OCRS website at to download it (or just the parts you want to play). Music is supplied as PDF files, the same format as the better-quality version of the newsletter. If your computer doesn t read PDFs, click here and then click on the large red rectangle to find the appropriate version of Adobe Reader for your computer. Simply download as instructed and install the Adobe Reader program just as you would any other. Refreshments We thank Gloria Martin for her lovely Christmas snacks and Jo Redmon for the tasty punch. We are looking forward to January s snacks provided by Jim and Jay Forrest. Drinks by Shauna Roberts and David Malueg. January s Musical Prelude Andy Dykes, Susan Mason, and Steve Myer will present the prelude before the January meeting. They will be playing three movements from Will Ayton s Incantations for the Solar Year. The movements are entitled Winter Solstice Song, Dance for May Eve, and Rune for Autumn s Wind. We invite you or your ensemble to sign up to perform the pre-meeting prelude at 7:20 p.m. during a meeting this year. This is a great opportunity to perform before a friendly audience and show your friends what you are working on. If you sometimes need encouragement to practice between meetings, an upcoming performance is a good motivator. If you would like to perform, please contact Andy Dykes at ADykes@cox.net. Orange County Recorder Society Newsletter Page 3

4 Orange County Recorder Society Calendar Monthly meetings are on Fridays. The prelude is at 7:20 p.m. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. Guest conductors are listed below September 10: October 8: November 12: December 10: 2011 January 14: February 11: March 11 March 12: April 8: May 13: May or June: June 10: Stephan Hass Ted Stern Ricardo Berón Lee Lassetter Adam Gilbert Tom Axworthy Lisette Kielson OCRS Workshop with Lisette Kielson, president of the American Recorder Society Inga Funck Rotem Gilbert Halona weekend in Idyllwild Ken Sherman Membership meeting and officer elections If you have any questions about OCRS or its events, please check our Website at or contact one of our co-secretaries: David Malueg: (951) Shauna Roberts: (951) Do You Teach Recorder? If so, we d like to list you on the OCRS Web site. Please send your bio and your contact information to our Webmistress, Carol Jacoby, at cjacoby@jacobyconsulting.com. Orange County Recorder Society Newsletter Page 4

5 Announcements A Website of Interest You may recall that Jason Yoshida performed on Baroque lute with Rotem Gilbert and Vicki Boeckman at the evening concert after the OCRS annual workshop in February Jason has received international recognition for his recently released CD Mozart Encomium, which features a world premiere recording of C.G. Scheidler s Variations on a Theme by Mozart. This work for the Baroque lute is regarded as one of the most virtuosic and technically demanding of the lute repertoire. Jason s Website is at Once there, if you click on Recording Samples, you can listen to Jason s virtuosic performance of this Scheidler work and of other music performed on Baroque lute and Baroque guitar. contributed by Susan Mason Your News or Announcement Here! Send news, ads, concert and workshop announcements, and other info for future newsletters to co newsletter editor Shauna Roberts at ShaunaRoberts@nasw.org. Due date is the 15th of the preceding month. Mark Your Calendars Now! OCRS Workshop Saturday, March 12, 2011 Lisette Kielson conducting Orange County Recorder Society Newsletter Page 5

6 Concerts January 2011 Friday, January 7, :00 p.m. Los Angeles Baroque Players, Trinity Lutheran Church, 997 E. Walnut Blvd., Pasadena, CA. Tickets $30. Mail to SCBA, P.O. Box 41314, Los Angeles For information, go to or call the Harpsichord Center at (323) Sunday, January 9, :30 p.m. Los Angeles Baroque Players, A private music room in Brentwood. Directions and address are mailed with tickets. Tickets $30. Mail to SCBA, P.O. Box 41314, Los Angeles For information, go to or call the Harpsichord Center at (323) Saturday, January 15, :00 p.m. Musica Angelica Chamber Series, Bach Songs and Organ Works. Ida Aldrian, soprano. Dmitry Bondarenko, organ. Tickets $45. Neighborhood Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena. (310) Sunday, January 16, :00 p.m. Musica Angelica Chamber Series, Bach Songs and Organ Works. Ida Aldrian, soprano. Dmitry Bondarenko, organ. Tickets $45. First Presbyterian Church, 1220 Second Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) February 2011 Sunday, February 13 2:00 p.m. LARO concert. St. Bede s Episcopal Church, 3590 Grand View Blvd., Los Angeles. For more information, Saturday, February 19, :00 p.m. Musica Angelica, Mozart Zaid, Singspiel in two acts, k344. Martin Haselboeck, conductor. Tickets $45. Neighborhood Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena; (310) and Sunday, February 20, :00 p.m. Musica Angelica, Mozart Zaid, Singspiel in two acts, k344. Martin Haselboeck, conductor. Tickets $45. The Broad Stage, 1310 Eleventh St., Santa Monica; (310) and continued on page 7 Orange County Recorder Society Newsletter Page 6

7 continued from page 6 Saturday, February 26 4:00 p.m. LARO concert. Riviera United Methodist Church, 375 Palos Verdes Blvd., Redondo Beach. For more information, March 2011 Friday, March 4, :00 p.m. Charlotte Mattox, harpsichord, performs chaconnes. Trinity Lutheran Church, 997 E. Walnut Blvd., Pasadena. Tickets $30. Mail to SCBA, P.O. Box 41314, Los Angeles For information, go to or call the Harpsichord Center at (323) Sunday, March 6, :30 p.m. Charlotte Mattox, harpsichord, performs chaconnes. A private music room in Brentwood. Directions and address are mailed with tickets. Tickets $30. Mail to SCBA, P.O. Box 41314, Los Angeles For information, go to or call the Harpsichord Center at (323) Saturday, March 19, :00 p.m. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, conductor. Bach s Birthday. Program includes Keyboard Concerto #6 in F Major, Cantata 170, Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, Erbarme dich, mein Gott. and Suite #3 in D major. Alex Theater, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Tickets $18 $100; call (213) or go to Sunday, March 20, :00 p.m. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, conductor. Bach s Birthday. Program includes Keyboard Concerto #6 in F Major, Canta 170, Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, Erbarme dich, mein Gott, and Suite #3 in D major. Royce Hall, UCLA campus. Tickets $18 $100; call (213) or go to April 2011 Saturday, April 11, :00 p.m. Bach Program, La Jolla Music Society. Performed by Les Violons du Roy. Performance includes excerpts from The Art Of The Fugue; Concerto in D minor for Harpsichord; Sinfonia from Cantata, BWV 42; Orchestral Suite No. 1, BWV 106. MCASD Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect Blvd., La Jolla. Tickets $75, $55, $25. Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. by Eric Smigel: Bach to Bach: The Enduring Relevance of Johann Sebastian Bach. Information and tickets: (858) or go to continued on page 8 Orange County Recorder Society Newsletter Page 7

8 continued from page 7 Saturday, April 16, :00 p.m. Musica Angelica Chamber Series. Cantates Françaises, Ellen Hargis, soprano. Music by Rameau, Clerambault, and Monteclair. Tickets $45. Neighborhood Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena. (310) Sunday April 17, :00 p.m. Musica Angelica Chamber Series. Cantates Françaises with Ellen Hargis, soprano. Music by Rameau, Clerambault, and Monteclair. Tickets $45. First Presbyterian Church, 1220 Second St., Santa Monica. (310) May 2011 Saturday, May 7, :00 p.m. Musica Angelica, Bach Concerti. Martin Haselboeck, conductor; Ilia Korol, violin; Gonzalo Ruiz, oboe; Stephen Schultz, flute. Tickets $45. Pasadena location TBA. Sunday, May 8, :00 p.m. The Flanders Recorder Quartet, one of the world s premiere recorder ensembles, with soprano Cecile Kempenaers and narrator Larry Rosenwald. The Six Wives of Henry VIII. St. James by-the-sea Church, 743 Prospect St., La Jolla Tickets at Sunday, May 8, :00 p.m. Musica Angelica, Bach Concerti. Martin Haselboeck, conductor; Ilia Korol, violin; Gonzalo Ruiz, oboe; Stephen Schultz, flute. Tickets $45. West Side location TBA. Friday, May 20, :00 p.m. Los Angeles Baroque Players, Trinity Lutheran Church, 997 E. Walnut Blvd., Pasadena. Tickets $30. Mail to SCBA, P.O. Box 41314, Los Angeles For more information, go to or call the Harpsichord Center at (323) Sunday, May 22, :30 p.m. Los Angeles Baroque Players at a private music room in Brentwood. Directions and address are mailed with tickets. Tickets $30. Mail to SCBA, P.O. Box 41314, Los Angeles For more information, go to or call the Harpsichord Center at (323) Orange County Recorder Society Newsletter Page 8

9 Workshops OCRS spring workshop will be held March 12, 2011, with Lisette Kielson, president of the American Recorder Society. The workshop will most likely be in Fullerton. As more information becomes available, it will be posted on the OCRS Web site at San Diego Early Music Society s 43rd Annual Weekend Workshop will be held May 20 22, 2011, on Palomar Mountain, in the State Park. For additional information visit Lessons Recorder Players West led by Rotem Gilbert The class meets on Wednesday afternoons September through May at St. Bede s Episcopal Church, 3590 Grand View Blvd., Los Angeles Intermediate/Advanced 3:00 4:30 p.m.; Advanced 4:45 6:15 p.m. RPW provides group classes for people interested in improving their recorder ensemble and overall musicianship skills in a safe, nurturing environment. No class on November 24, For more information, visit or Bill Griffin at info@recorderplayerswest. Rio Hondo Recorder Workshop and Collegium Musicum, conducted by Tom Axworthy The class meets on Saturdays. The intermediate class is 9 11 a.m.; the advanced class is 11:15 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Tuition is $150 each for the Collegium Musicum and for the advanced class. For more information, call (562) or cell phone (562) or scemc@earthlink.net. Il Piffaro de Sade This is an ongoing class on Thursday nights (7:45 9:45 p.m.) for recorder players as well as players of shawms, crumhorns, dulcians, cornetto, sackbutt, and others. For more information on this class, call Tom Axworthy at (562) or at scemc@earthlink.net. The Village Pipers Recorder Ensemble This is an adult intermediate-level recorder group that meets 1:30 3:00 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays to practice at Claremont Community School of Music, 951 West Foothill Blvd., Claremont Our repertoire includes Renaissance, Baroque, and folk music. Tuition is $150 for twenty sessions. We do occasional gigs year round. Contact Sandra Parker at (909) for more information. Orange County Recorder Society Newsletter Page 9

10 About OCRS The Orange County Recorder Society is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the performance and appreciation of the recorder and of all early music. A chapter of the American Recorder Society, the Orange County Recorder Society was founded in We meet the second Friday of the month at 7:30 p.m., September through June, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2400 Canal Street in Orange. Members are of all ages and skill levels. Most play recorders; other early instruments are welcome. Our meetings are playing sessions led by professional conductors. Workshops and other events are held throughout the year. Playing visitors may participate in one meeting before joining. Listeners are always welcome. About ARS The American Recorder Society was founded in 1939 to publish editions of recorder music and to enable recorder players to meet and improve their playing skills. The ARS continues to publish music at least twice a year and also publishes five issues yearly of its magazine, American Recorder. It maintains an online directory of members. For more information, visit the ARS Web site at Directions to Trinity Episcopal Church From the North Take 91 to 55 Freeway South Take Lincoln exit Left on Tustin Cross Lincoln Right on Heim Left on Canal to 2nd church on right From the South Take 55 Freeway North Take Nohl Ranch exit Left on Santiago Left on Lincoln Cross under 55 Left on Tustin Right on Heim Left on Canal to 2nd church on the right Orange County Recorder Society Newsletter Page 10